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THE final draft of the greater Easterhouse strategic development framework (SDF) has been considered by a Glasgow City Council committee.
The Greater Easterhouse SDF sets outs a spatial vision for the area – which has 16 residential areas – to make it a vibrant place that is an attractive destination for local people and supports economic, social, and health benefits.
To help deliver the vision, there is an action programme which would be realised by council officers working in partnership with local stakeholders to align phasing, financing, and infrastructure investment.
There are five other SDFs in Glasgow for the city centre, Govan-Partick, the inner east, north Glasgow, and the River Clyde. This SDF will guide initiatives such as the Seven Lochs Wetland Park project, the liveable neighbourhoods programme, and housing delivery in Greater Easterhouse.
By 2050, the SDF will look to make Greater Easterhouse a well-connected area where people, places, and communities are linked by safe and pleasant routes for walking and cycling, as well as good public transport.
The plan will also look to ensure the area has an integrated, high-quality green, blue, and grey infrastructure network that helps deliver climate change adaptation, protects, and enhances biodiversity, facilitate the shift to net zero carbon and promotes health and wellbeing.
Approval for the draft SDF will now be sought from the council’s city administration Committee, and if this is given, the council will notify the Scottish Government prior to adoption of the Greater Easterhouse SDF as supplementary guidance to the Glasgow city development plan.
The Glasgow city development plan informs all planning and land use decisions in Glasgow, providing spatial strategy for development and regeneration across the city with the aims of creating a healthy, high-quality place and a compact city form that supports sustainable development.
Councillor Ruairi Kelly, convener for neighbourhood assets and services at Glasgow City Council, said, “This framework will help to not only continue the recent development and regeneration of Greater Easterhouse, but also guide future work and projects to drive the best use of land for the area.
“By using the framework at local and very local levels, the council and our partners will work together to deliver the vision for Greater Easterhouse as a more vibrant, sustainable, connected, and resilient place.”
